It Costs $250,000 to Access This Private Playground
The Core Club in Midtown, which courts a wealthy careerist crowd, followed, then NeueHouse and the now-defunct Norwood. Like gossip and wildfire, the trend has accelerated since the pandemic, with…
14 Guards at New Jersey Women’s Prison Are Indicted Over Beatings in 2021 Raid
Fourteen guards at New Jersey’s only prison for women were indicted Tuesday in connection with a violent 2021 midnight raid that left two women with serious injuries. The officers charged…
The Seeds Strike Back
Chia seeds are making a comeback — again. They’re sprouting up on store shelves and packed into puddings and pretzels and even jams. According to forecasts from Grand View Research,…
Is It Better to Cook With Coconut Oil or Olive Oil? (Published 2017)
Q. Is it better to cook with coconut oil or olive oil? A. In terms of health impacts, it is better to cook with olive oil. Compared to a tablespoon…
How Much Sugar Is in a Glass of Wine? (Published 2017)
Q. Some wineries add sugar to dry red wines after fermentation so that they taste “smoother” to the American palate. How can I find out how much sugar is in…
Is Alkaline Water Really Better for You? (Published 2018)
Q. Are there benefits of drinking alkaline water, or is what I’m reading just a bunch of hooey? A. Despite the claims, there’s no evidence that water marketed as alkaline…
Can Specific Foods or Diets Boost Your Testosterone Levels?
“The moral is that healthy men who are of normal weight with no significant comorbidities are unlikely to benefit from restrictive diets,” said Dr. Richard J. Fantus, one of the…
Opinion | Bring On the Women’s Revolutions
Wouldn’t it be fitting if the regimes in Moscow and Tehran — the first defined by a cult of its leader’s machismo, the second by its systemic misogyny — were…
Three Spots to Try if You Don’t Mind a Line
Life in a city of more than eight million people means that at some point you will wait in a line. Some lines are (arguably) worth it, like seeing the…
Are Political Winds Blowing in Republicans’ Favor Again?
For most of the summer, President Biden and the Democrats had the political winds at their backs. They saw their poll numbers rise as gas prices fell, as the Supreme…